(Town of Lincoln, NY – April 22, 2014) The Madison County Department of Solid Waste and Sanitation is hosting two major events on Saturday, April 26.
A Safe Pill Collection being held in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Pill Take-Back Day and a free Shredding Event for destruction of confidential documents.
The Safe Pill Collection will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the shredding event from 9 a.m. to noon at the main Landfill site on Buyea Road in the Town of Lincoln – three miles south of the traffic light on Route 5 in Wampsville.
The pill collection and shredding event will be conducted in front of the new ReUse Center on the East side of Buyea Road,. Volunteers and Landfill personnel will be on hand to direct residents to the Safe Pill Collection and the free shredding event being conducted simultaneousl at the landfill site.
Those attending these events are asked to follow the signs and obey traffic directions given by on-site staff.
Residents dropping prescription drugs are asked to please keep the medications in their original containers; cross off personal information with a black marker. Those attending the shredding event can shred up to three cubic feet (three file boxes) of confidential material on site. Please note: the shredding event ends at noon.
For more information on either or both events call the Recycling hotline at 1-800-721-2208.